TNAG-1536-FCO40-2100-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-third-countri-1986 — Page 10

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INFO TELETTER UKMIS GENEVA

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FROM: K.J. WOODHOUSE, SECURITY BRANCH, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING FOR: MR D.J. BARTON HONG KONG DEPARTMENT, FCO

COPIES TO

MISS D.J. WALKER, UKMIS GENEVA

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: RESETTLEMENT DURING 1986

SINCE SENDING OUR TELNO 1875 WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR LETTER OF 3

JUNE REGARDING RESETTLEMENT IN FRG. THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES

IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE OFFTAKE AND THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD

BE USEFUL IF WE COULD COMPARE NOTES:

(A) WE MENTIONED THAT 70 REFUGEES HAD BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE NETHERLANDS. YOU HAVE POINTED OUT THAT 50 REFUGEES WILL BE

ACCEPTED PLUS 23 DISABLED CASES AND 7 FAMILY REUNION CASES. the right

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ando.

(B) WE MENTIONED THAT NORWAY WOULD TAKE 100 REFUGEES BUT WE HAVE

JUST BEEN INFORMED BY THE CONSULE GENERAL HERE THAT NORWAY WILL

TAKE 75 FROM HONG KONG (BUT 100 FROM THE REGION AS A WHOLE). We right

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(C) WE MENTIONED THAT LUXEMBOURG WOULD TAKE 10 REFUGEES, BUT YOU

SUGGESTED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE 20 FAMILIES. Jubmitted by vive

(D) WE MENTIONED THAT FRANCE HAD AGREED TO CONSIDER 30 FAMILY

REUNION CASES BUT YOU SUGGESTED 13 FAMILY REUNION CASES PLUS

THE POSSIBILITY OF A MONTHLY OFFTAKE OF 10.

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(E) WE THOUGHT THAT BELGIUM WOULD TAKE 30 FAMILY REUNION CASES BUT YOU SAID THAT THEY WOULD TAKE UP TO 50 FAMILY REUNION CASES

IN ADDITION TO 50 REFUGEES.

interim now 20 FR relasero

(F) WE HAD IGNORED GREECE AND ARE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THERE IS A POSSIBLITY THAT GREECE WILL TAKE 6 REFUGEES.

2. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS AND THOSE OF UKMIS

GENEVAL ON THE OFFTAKE FROM HONG KONG THIS YEAR. FOR CONVENIENCE

WE HAVE CONSIDERED THE OFFTAKE SEPARATELY IN TERMS OF A QUOTA

AND FAMILY REUNION CASES. WE WOULD WELCOME YOUR VIEWS IN THE SAME

TWO CATEGORIES OF RESETTLEMENT FROM HONG KONG AS YOU SEE IT.

SIGNED..... .K.J. WOODHOUSE

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